Fun with gadgets

“Goldfinger,” 1964: Bond’s pushes all the right levers in his Aston Martin DB5 — “with modifications” — to dispatch the bad guys. There’s a smoke screen, an oil slick, a rear bulletproof screen, left and right front-wing machine guns, and that little red button that engages the passenger ejector seat.

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“Thunderball,” 1965: Bond dons a Bell Textron Jet Pack on a castle’s outdoor walkway and flies to the safety of a waiting car while gunmen shoot at him.

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“Live and Let Die,” 1973: Bond manages to cut the ropes that bind him using his Rolex “Submariner” watch with a face that turns into a circular saw. Note: The watch sold at a Christie’s auction last year for $198,000.